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Stanley H. Robertson

Mechanical EngineerOak Ridge, TN

Manhattan Project VeteranMilitary VeteranSpecial Engineer Detachment
The K-25 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Stanley Robertson was a mechanical engineer in the Special Engineer Detachment serving at Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Robertson was born on March 31, 1908. He graduated from the University of Kentucky, College of Engineering in 1932 and joined the Army Corps of Engineers. After the Project, he went to Camp Century in Greenland, worked on the Burma Road and the Panama Canal.  He retired in 1972 and passed away in 1995.  

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